By Myrna Trauntvein
Times-News Correspondent
Developers of Ryan's Cove
subdivision in Mona will either bond for the full $18,144
Mona council members expect or they will build a
road&emdash;there is no middle ground.
Developer Sid Sorensen, his
daughter Millisa Hancock, and his son-in-law, Tyler Hancock,
met with council members on Tuesday and presented them with
a bid Sorensen had obtained for the cost of building the
road.
"I have a written bid for $13,700
to get the road done," said Sorensen.
The road in question would be
240-feet and the cost would be for meeting all specs such as
putting in road base, granular fill and asphalt.
Cory Squire, city council member,
abstained from voting on the project because he is the
engineer for the subdivision.
He did remind council members that
the council meeting portion where the subdivision road was
considered was a public hearing and had been noticed. In
addition,Jim and Patti Andreasen, attended the meeting as
nearby property owners.
At an earlier meeting, Sorensen
estimated that the road would cost $9.792. However, he said,
he apologized for the low estimate.
Lynn Ingram, planning commission
chairman and road superintendent, had given the developers
some more specifications which should have been used in the
beginning. When those specifications were used the price
increased.
Nevertheless, council members did
not think the $13,700 would be high enough
either.
"I am sure you are getting a better
deal and without your friends and associates, the price
could not be duplicated," said Harry Newell, council
member.
The city needed to have enough in
the bond that, when the road is built in the future, there
will be enough money set aside to cover the costs at the bid
the city could get.
M. Hancock said the city had
promised her, at a meeting held two weeks ago, that her bid
would be used.
Mayor Bryce Lynn read the minutes
of that portion of the meeting where it was stipulated that,
"The Hancocks agreed to bring the city a bond in the amount
of $18,144."
"We did give the city 33-feet of
our own property (to be used for a road)," said M.
Hancock.
However, that does not attract any
special gratitude on the part of the city because, said
Lynn, all developers must do that. All must dedicate the
property needed for roads to the city road
system.
"We want some kind of approval,"
said Sorensen. "If I get you the $18,000, can we start our
subdivision plan?"
He said they would like to get
everything ready so they could begin building. They also
wanted to know what had to be done to get building
permits.
"Do we have to make a finished road
before we get building permits?" asked Squire.
"A percentage of the bond would
need to stay with the city for two years," said Lynn. "That
is the standard if a road fails. Then we have money to pay
for repairs."
Hancock said she was wanting to
build just one house in the subdivision. That house would be
her home. The other three lots would be built at a later
time.
The city does have an inspector who
needs to be involved with the road to make certain that
those specifications are actually met.
While M. Hancock did not think the
city was being fair because she had not understood that the
road had to be built when they first considered creating the
subdivision.
The developers will have a meeting
with the planning commission to consider their proposal.
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